Advertising-signboard structure



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oLMsrnn, or sen FRANCESCO, CALIFORNIA ADVERTISING-SIGNBOARD STRUCTURE Application filed September 21, 1627. Serial No. 221,018.

This invention relates to advertising sign board structure and has for an object the provision of such a structure in which certain elements are made up as unitary parts to be assembled at the place Where the sign board is to be erected for display of posters or other advertising matter which may be painted upon the display surface or may be attached thereto in the form of sheets of paper each containing a component part of the advertising matter to be displayed.

In pursuance of the above general object, the invention provides for making elements each including a corner part or element of the completed structure consisting of a column; also elements, each comprising a cornice portion of the completed structure; also parts or elements each comprising a base portion or portions, preferably including base columns and other parts comprising lattice work in sections suitable for assembly with the columns, cornices, and base pillars or elements.

The parts forming the respective elements above briefly designated, may be fabricated at a central factory, and may then be shipped to distant points for erection, the elements being so devised that sign board structures of different sizes may be made up as desired, according to the area of the advertising matter to be displayed.

The invention contemplates the use of a sectional display surface composed of a plurality of panels adapted for assembly with the above described elements, and this portion of the invention forms the subject of a separate application for patent so that the same are only described herein sufliciently to permit an understanding of the manner in which they are combined to form the sectional advertising sign board structure forming the general object of this pres ent invention.

The above and other objects of the invention, are illustrated and described fully in the accompanying drawings and specification, and are pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of an advertising sign board structure in the construction of which the invention has been embodied.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detail in front elevation upon an enlarged scale, of a now preferred form of cornice element, shown at thecorner, with a co-operating cornice element, shown ready for assembly in final position.

3 is a vertical section upon the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 showing the cornice element attached to the supporting frame work.

Fig- 4 is a plan View of the parts shown in Figs. 2 and 3. i

Fig. 5 isa detailed view in perspective, looking toward the rear of one of the corner column elements of the structure.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section on the line 6-(3 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a horizontal section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary detailed View upon an enlarged scale of a portion of the base and lattice elements of the completed structure.

Fig. 9 is a vertical section on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8. I

Fig. 10 is a detailed view in perspective looking toward the rear of one of the base columns. I

Fig. 11 is a similar view of a corner base column with a return.

Fig. 12 is a View similar to Fig. 8 of a modified form of base element, including base columns and lattice panels.

Fig. 13 is a vertical section on the line 13-1e of Fig. 12.

Fig. 14 is a horizontal section on the line lt-l of Fig. 12.

Fig. 15 is a view in front elevation of a modification.

Fig. 16 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 15.

Fig. 17 is a .section on the line 17- -17 of Fig. 15.

In a now preferred form of construction embodying the invention for purposes of illustration and description the parts designated by the reference numeral 1 are columns adapted to constitute elements of an' advertlslng sign board structure of the type adapted to be erected near a railroad or highway, and the parts respectively designated by the reference numerals 2 are base elements adapted to serve at the corners as part of the base of the sign board structure, the reference numerals 3 designating similar base elements for the middle parts of the structure and thereference numerals l designating lattice panel elements also forming part of the base. Numerals 5 respectively designate cornice members or elements, adapted to be superimposed upon the columns at the corners of the structure and the reference numeral 6 designates a middle cornice element adapted to cooperate with the corner elements 5.

The reference numerals 7 designate respectively panels adapted for insertion to constitute the supporting surface of the advertising matter to be displayed.

In pursuance of the general object of the invention, the columns 1 are of composite structure, each including many parts and may be fabricated at a central factory in quantities according to a standard design of any desired character, each column constituting a separable unit which may be transported and set up in the desired location as an element of a composite sign board structure of the required area, in combinations with base and cornice elements which may be of various designs so that different effects may be produced without departing from the standard elements.

' A now-preferred column structure is illustrated in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, con'iprising uprights 11, transverse parts 12, panels 13 and 1a, mouldings 15 and 16, retaining pieces 17 and table pieces 18, the column selected for illustration being shown as formed with a return and so adapted to extend around one of the front corners of the signboard illustrated in Fig. 1. OrnamentsX are applied, as desired.

Any suitable supporting structure may be utilized, and in Fig. 7 there is shown for this purpose a post 19, horizontal stringers 20 and upright nailing strips 21 to which the columns are secured by nails or screws in any desired manner. Braces may be provided, as at 22, and the supporting structure is preferably so formed as to pro ide spaces for ready insertion of panels, such as those shown at 7 in Fig. 1, which constitute the support for the advertising matter, as already mentioned, the upright edge of one of thesepanels being shown in Fig. 7 be tween the stringer 20 and an upright 11 of the column, the edge of the ianel 7 being shown in abutting relation with the nailing strip 21, but preferably not nailed thereto, as it is preferred to leave the panels free for ready insertion and removal, set forth more at length and claimed in a separate application.

As also indicated briefly, the columns 1 are adapted to be superimposed upon suitable base elements, such as those designated gen rally by the numerals 2, 3 and 4, which are preferably also of multipart construction, comprising base corner elements 2, intermediate base elements 3, and panels 4- preferably of lattice-work.

A now-preferred form of base-corner element is shown in rear perspective in Fig. 11, comprising uprights 22, transverse parts 23 and 24-, panels 25, moulding parts 26, 27, 2-8 and 29, and'spacing pieces where needed.

In Fig. 11 the corner base is formed with a complete-return to extend around the end of the structure.

In Fig. 10, a similar base element 2 is shown adapted for use at the front of the base, and so having no end return, but otherwise the parts bearing the same reference characters as those upon the structure illustrated in Fig. 11 are substantially identical in structure therewith, and so need not be again described.

he lattice elements 4 showing in Fig. 1, 8 and 9 may be made of any desired size and are secured to the supporting posts 19 in any suitable manner, preferably having strips as provided for that purpose, and then the base elements 2 and 3 are put in place and secured by screws or nails to the strips 3st or directly to the post 19, masking the ends of the lattice elements, and completing the base of the structure, above which the columns 1 are erected as already described.

Prior to such emplacement of the columns. preferably a water-table is installed, com prising members 35, 36 and 37, supported by brackets 38 secured to the posts 19 as shown in Fig. 9, suitable space being left between the frame parts 37 and the stringers 20 to permit insertion of the lower margins of the panels 4 The structure is then completed preferably by'installation of suitable cornice elements, a now-preferred form of which is shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 41-.

This now-preferred multipart cornice structure illustrated comprises corner elements 5 and an intermediate element (3 adapted to interfit with the corner elements 5, it being understood that by making the intermediate element 6 of suitable length,

provision can be made for a sign of desired length.

Each of the corner elements 5 of the cornice is shown as fabricated of urn'ight parts 51 and 52 secured together suitably to provide a return at the end of thecornice corner; also horizontal parts 53 and 54. of which the latter is indicated as a moulding; and other horizontal parts and 56; suitably connected together, and so disposed preferably that when the cornice structure IOU thus constituted is placed against the posts 19 and stringers 2-0, a space will be left as at 57 to receive the upper margins of the panels 7, as indicated in Fig. 3. also indicated, at 66, the manner in which a joint is made between abutting portions of the corner element and intermediate element of the cornice.

The composite structure thus formed is preferably finished with a top-plate 58, which may be formed in sections corresponding to the corner and intermediate elements as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, or may be installed separately, as indicated in Fig. 4 by dash and dot lines.

In a modified form of the composite signboard structure, shown in Figs. 15 to 17, inclusive, the corner elements 61 of the cornice are shown as formed as unitary parts with the column elements 62, and intermediate cornice elements 63 inter-fit therewith to complete the framework.

Fig. 17 shows in section a preferred structure of the cornice 61, comprising uprights (it at the front, a return upright at the side, afiller board 67, a batten 68, and retaining pieces 69. Suitable mouldings may be provided as desired.

In Figs. 12 to 1%, as shown a modification of the base element structure in which lattice element parts 7% are illustrated as fabricated with base column parts to constitute unitary base elements, one for each corner, as shown at the left hand of Fig. 12, and an intermediate, as shown at the right hand side of Fig. 12. Each of these base column elements may conveniently comprise uprights 78, a central panel 7 5, andtransverse parts 79 and 80, while the base element as a whole is shown as completed by a bottom member 81 and a water table 82.

The intermediate base element of the modified type is desirably formed with a base column 75 at each end adapted to overlap part of the lattice 74; on an adjacent element, and similarly the water table ofthe intermediate base element 82 may desirably have extensions 83 to overlap portions of the lattice and abut against the end members 82.

\Ve claim:

1. A multipart column element for com There is specification.

l/VILLIAM G. BROWVNE. ROGER 1V. OLMSTED. 

